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Services

The unit provides an integrated package of services, including:

Integrated services center (Drop –in- Center)

The voluntary counseling and testing services (VCT) which affords free, confidential, and voluntary counseling service

HIV, B virus, and C virus testing

Medical care for people living with HIV (PLHIV)

Legal advice

Support groups for people living with HIV

Referral services

Advocacy and gain support for the rights of those living with HIV as an integral part of human rights, and combating stigma and discrimination

  • Educating peers to enable them to interfere with people most at risk of contracting the virus and key persons (KPs).
  • Construct the capacity of the NGO members of the Egyptian Network to combat AIDS (ENNA)

The services provided are distinguished with:

  • Strictly confidential
  • Voluntary / voluntarism
  • Services free of charge

Guideline services :
03 – 4844169

A comprehensive view of counseling services and voluntary examination

Voluntary counseling and testing are the main gateways to HIV infection services and to provide care and support for those who live with HIV, and thus benefits those who are positive or negative as a result of their test.

Voluntary counseling and testing represent an approach for individuals to be able to make informed decisions about HIV testing, and this decision should come out of the person himself while ensuring confidentiality and privacy during the examination.

Internationally Voluntary counseling and testing recognized as a gateway to prevention and care as an effective strategy to prevent and care from HIV infection and provide the necessary care. Researches have provided strong evidence that voluntary and testing as an effective strategy and economical in changing behavior.

Voluntary counseling and testing consist of pre-test, testing, post-testing, continuing following up, and provide support to hesitate persons. Voluntary counseling and testing service are provided by trained counselors to equip visitors with a better understanding of the virus testing experience and its options and to provide them with the necessary and appropriate support.

Aims of voluntary counseling and testing provided
  • High-quality counseling and examination service
  • Encourage visitors to adopt a harm reduction methodology
  • Information to visitors of the voluntary counseling and testing center
  • Support for People living with HIV
  • Referrals service
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Services provided by the Center for voluntary advice and examination
  • Pre-test counseling.
  • HIV test.
  • Post-test counseling.
  • Medical care for the most common symptom.
  • Referral service.
  • Provide information.
Targeted groups to the voluntary counseling and testing services
Attention should be paid to voluntary counseling and testing services most at risk of contracting the disease, as follows:
  • Injecting drugs users.
  • Six workers.
  • Targeted groups to the voluntary counseling and testing services
Also, the transporter groups are the groups that have intimate contact with the previous groups and they are as follows:
  • Sexual partners of any of the most vulnerable.
  • Partners in syringe exchange.
  • Sex workers' clients.
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Caritas AIDS Intervention unit (AIU) is committed to exert the needed effort to halt HIV Infection in Egypt and ensure the provision of the needed care and support to HIV infected and affected persons, through implementation of a well-designed, high quality HIV related intervention programs, with special emphasis to Most-at-Risk persons “MARPs” and young people.

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  • Address: 10 Mohammed Talaat Noeman st, Chamber of Commerce, Mahatet El Raml - Alexandria
  • aiu_caritasalex@yahoo.com
  • Phone Number : 03 - 4840138
  • Fax : 03 - 4805367
  • Helpline : 03 - 4844169
  • All days of the week 09:00 am 03:00 pm
    Except Sundays and Fridays